---
name: "Douglas McGrath"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/douglas-mcgrath"
fi1m_id: "douglas-mcgrath"
imdb_id: "nm0569790"
tmdb_id: 32983
wikidata_id: "Q3038028"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "12 February 1958"
died: "3 November 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:00:21.344604+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Douglas McGrath

## Identity

Douglas McGrath

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/douglas-mcgrath
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** douglas-mcgrath
- **IMDb ID:** nm0569790
- **TMDB ID:** 32983
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3038028
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_McGrath, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3038028, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569790/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32983

Writer. Born 12 February 1958 in New York, New York, USA. Died 3 November 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 12 February 1958, New York, New York, USA
- **Died:** 3 November 2022
- **Active:** 1994–2017
- **Also known as:** Douglas Geoffrey McGrath, Doug McGrath
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 5 acting, 1 writing
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 83 (4), 2000s 86 (1), 2010s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_McGrath, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3038028, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569790/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32983

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Bullets Over Broadway*](https://film.one/film/bullets-over-broadway.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Douglas McGrath was an American screenwriter, director and actor. He began his career as a writer for Saturday Night Live in 1980–1981. He co-wrote the screenplay for *Bullets Over Broadway* (1994) with Woody Allen, earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

McGrath wrote and directed *Emma* (1996), *Company Man* (2000), *Nicholas Nickleby* (2002) and *Infamous* (2006). As an actor he appeared in films including *Quiz Show* (1994), *Happiness* (1998), *The Insider* (1999) and *Michael Clayton* (2007), as well as several Woody Allen projects. He received a Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical for *Beautiful: The Carole King Musical* (2014).

He also directed the HBO documentaries *His Way* (2011) and *Becoming Mike Nichols* (2016), and had television roles including in *Girls* (2015–2016) and *Godless* (2017). McGrath died on 3 November 2022.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, apnews.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Performed in (5)

- *Godless* (2017), Fi1m 74, as Edward Solomon — [page](https://film.one/tv/godless.md)
- *Michael Clayton* (2007), Fi1m 86, as Jeff Gaffney — [page](https://film.one/film/michael-clayton.md)
- *The Insider* (1999), Fi1m 89, as Private Investigator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-insider.md)
- *Happiness* (1998), Fi1m 78, as Tom — [page](https://film.one/film/happiness.md)
- *Quiz Show* (1994), Fi1m 84, as Snodgrass — [page](https://film.one/film/quiz-show.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *Bullets Over Broadway* (1994), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/bullets-over-broadway.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Rifkin's Festival* (2020), as Gil Brenner
- *Godless* (2017), series, as Edward Solomon — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/godless.md)
- *Café Society* (2016), as Norman
- *Becoming Mike Nichols* (2016), Director
- *I Don't Know How She Does It* (2011), Director
- *His Way* (2011), Director
- *Solitary Man* (2009), as Dean Edward Gitleson
- *Michael Clayton* (2007), as Jeff Gaffney — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/michael-clayton.md)
- *Infamous* (2006), Screenplay, Director
- *Nicholas Nickleby* (2002), Director, Writer
- *Hollywood Ending* (2002), as Barbeque Guest
- *Sounds from a Town I Love* (2001), Actor
- *The Concert for New York City* (2001), Actor
- *Small Time Crooks* (2000), as Frenchy's Lawyer
- *Company Man* (2000), as Alan Quimp · Director, Writer
- *The Insider* (1999), as Private Investigator — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-insider.md)
- *Happiness* (1998), as Tom — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/happiness.md)
- *Celebrity* (1998), as Bill Gaines
- *Prix Fixe* (1997), as Bob Waterman
- *The Daytrippers* (1997), as Chap
- *Emma* (1996), Director, Screenplay
- *Bullets Over Broadway* (1994), Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/bullets-over-broadway.md)
- *Quiz Show* (1994), as Snodgrass — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/quiz-show.md)
- *Born Yesterday* (1993), Screenplay
- *Beautiful*, Musical

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1995: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Bullets Over Broadway*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical 2014: Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical (nominated), for *Beautiful: The Carole King Musical*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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